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Development-induced displacement: impact on adivasi women of Odisha

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In independent India, national development has been largely equated with economic growth and surplus. Most tribal people in India lead a hard, materially poor life. Multiple natural sources along with strong community ties make their life possible, even under difficult circumstances. Adivasis are by far the most vulnerable and marginalized socio-economic group in India; gaps in poverty, literacy and mortality between tribal and non-tribal groups are widening, despite the economic changes sweeping India. These challenges have been compounded in recent years by the arrival of global mining giants, for whom governments have used the colonial Land Acquisition Act of 1894 to forcibly displace millions from their ancestral lands. India today has over 4000 dams; more than 3000 of them built after independence in 1947. At least 500 more dams are under construction. Adivasis constitute 8.08 percent of India's population as per 1991 census figures. According to an Indian government working group, fifty percent of those displaced by development projects are adivasis. It clearly shows that the adivasis have faced a disproportionate share of displacement. The women folk of their community suffer the most. The resource rich areas are consequently most likely to be dammed or mined. Many tribal belts have now been identified as ‘development sites’ ideally suited for building large multi-purpose river valley projects such as mines, thermal power stations or paper factories. The article will critically analyse the impacts of the destructive development on adivasi peoples of India today.

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Community Development Journal

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Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications., 2015

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English

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0010-3802

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Volume 50, Number 3 July 2015, pages 448-462

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Marginalized socio-economic group in India
Despite the economic changes sweeping India
National development
Government working group

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